We all know that Tag Heuer has a long association with sponsoring sporting events, but I just learned to today that they were the official timekeeper and of one of the sponsors of the recent chess match between USA and India. How cool!

I don't know the details but I know at least the winning team got watches. And no, I don't know which watch they got.

(For non-chess players, the clock is very important in chess, games are anywhere from 1-2 hours long down to a minute or so long. Time is…

Tag Heuer and Chess?

I might be looking for a quartz three hander with radio or GPS time sync. This will be my first ever watch to have this feature. I've read a bit about it this today and there certainly seems to be tradeoffs with both radio/GPS sync. (I'm also aware that some have Bluetooth sync which seems both cool and odd at the the same time, especially Casio's version which right on the screen say that the watch might not show the same time as your phone, without any explanation as to why this is the…

Looking for my first grab and go solar GPS/Radio watch

I'm curious about maybe someday buying a vintage Bulova Chronograph 88510/01.

Yes, the same model worn by Scott on the moon, but obviously, not his watch.

I'm search on chrono24 and ebay, and finding nothing. What's a good way to just find this watch?

This thread was inspired by the "most you've ever spent" thread. The only rule is that you had to buy the watch in a year that starts with a 2, this means those bargain gold watch from the 1940s that you bought at the PX don't count.

Here's mine.

July 9, 2021, $15.07 with free Prime shipping.

TLDR: My watch history, scroll down for the pictures…

It's difficult to say exactly when my watch collection started. I've told the story before here, skip ahead if you just want to see the watches.

I've always like clocks and watches. I used to be a docent at the Museum of Science in Boston and they had an exhibit of Leonardo DiVinci's works, including 2 wall clocks. I used to let myself in early before my Sunday morning shift and just sit by the…

NotThePainter's SOTC – First Year (plus a smidge)

I bought a Farer Discovery 36mm in red awhile back. I mentioned that early in a Tarriffs posting (TLDR, they paid any tariffs.) It arrived but I was on a 1 month bird watching trip. So it sat in my shipping center all month long. I was very excited to pick up and, wait….

It didn't work. I wound it, I rotated it gently, nothing. I contacted them and they were surprised, since they check all watches when they leave England.

The asked for a photo of the movement which I sent and they asked…

Farer – Positive Customer Service Story

I just got my M8 Spaceview back from Rob B. It is wonderful, looks almost new.

It is on a cheap no-name fake crocodile strap that came on my cheap almost vintage quartz Timex.

It has 17mm lugs so that makes it interesting. (The strap above is 18mm so I really had to work hard to squish it in there.)

What are some good looks for this? Thanks.

I bought on a spur of the moment, perhaps wine fueled, ebay dive. It was $67 plus a tiny amount of shipping. It supposedly ran fine, the ebay ad even had a video of it running. But I had read about the M27 movement having issues with the day/date mechanism if not properly maintained. It is 53 years old, who knows if it had been maintained, right?

And when I got it I found the ugly truth, it didn't run on the wrist, it would stop within minutes. The seller was upset at me for being upset…

My 1972 Timex 26950

My spouse puts up with my hobby. She's even bought a really nice Seiko at Arizona Fine Time when I came away empty handed.

She loves her Apple Watch because it it has a Snoopy face. So last Christmas I got her a Timex Snoopy, thinking she'd wear it about once a month.

She wore it for about a month straight. And then she found herself on timex.com, and ebay, and I told her about Jomashop…

5 months later…

The christmas present was the blue one on…

SOTSC – (State of the SPOUSE'S Collection)

I have a "fun" budget. (So does my wife.) We get an allowance. I've been spending my, recently on watches. (It was ham radio gear last year.)

I just bought some camera gear for birding, about 2/3rds on a CC. Oops. No more watches for a long time. But… I'll enjoy the ones I have!